Suit hanger



Nov. 11, 1924- 1,515,509

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BY a ATTORNEY WITNESS:

lNVENTOR Patented Nov. 11, 1924.

SIMEON MENARD, 0F FALLON, NEVADA.

SUIT HANGER.

Application filled December 1, 1923.

To all 10 ham it may concern Be it known that I, SIMnoN MENARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fallon, in the county of Churchill and State of Nevada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Suit Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes hangers especially adapted for hanging mens suits.

An object of the present invention is the provision of a hanger upon which a suit of clothes may be placed to prevent wrinkling and to occupy a minimum amount of space.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a hanger which may be attached to a wall or other support and which will support articles thereon out of contact with said wall.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a hanger having novel means for supporting a pair of trousers.

With the above and other objects in View,

I the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of a hanger constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is an end view.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view, the dotted lines showing the position of the trouser rod when the latter is in use.

Figure 5 is a detail perspective View of the bracket.

Figure 6 is a similar View of the trouser rod.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the improved hanger is shown as comprising a bracket 10 which is substantially Z-shaped in cross section and which includes an attaching portion 11, an intermediate ofl'set portion 12 and a plate 13. The attaching portion 11 is provided with openings 14 whereby the bracket may be secured upon a wall, door or other ver- Serial No. 678,000.

tical support and in addition is provided with a hook 15, the purpose of which is obvious.

The plate 13 is ofiset from the portion 11 and has attached thereto oppositely disposed arms 16 which are shaped toproperly receive the neck and shoulder portions of a suit. The arms 16 may be of any suitable material such as wire, wood, or metal.

Extending from the plate 13 are spaced cars 17 and pivotally mounted in these ears is one end of a substantially U-shaped trouser supporting rod 18. The pivotally mounted end of the rod 18 is offset as at 19 so as to provide a crank portion and the latter may have attached thereto one end of a coiled spring 20 whose opposite end is attached to the plate 13. This spring will act to yieldingly force the rod 18 outward, the weight of a pair of trousers moving the rod downward and inward against the arms 16 or against a garment supported by the arms. One extremity of the rod 18 is bent substantially at right angles as at 21. This right angled portion acts to hold the rod in proper position within the ears l7 and further provides means whereby the rod may be manually moved when removing or replacing a pair of trousers. If desired, the spring 20 may be dispensed with, although the said spring acts to automatically hold the rod in position to receive the trousers.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the ap pended claims.

Having described the invention what is claimed is l. A clothes hanger comprising a bracket, means whereby the bracket may be attached to a support, oppositely disposed arms carried by the bracket, a horizontally disposed substantially U-shaped rod having one end pivotally connected to the bracket and its opposite end spaced from and arranged parallel with the arms and means for yieldingly holding the rod in position.

2. A clothes hanger comprising an olfset bracket, means whereby one end of the Artur was.)

bracket may be attached to a support, opbetween the ears and a spring having one positely disposed arms extending from the end secured to the bracket and its opposite other end of the bracket, spaced ears exend secured to the offsetportion of the rod 10 tending from said bracket adjacent the last to yieldingly force the free end of said rod 5 mentioned end, a substantially U-shaped rod in a direction away from the arms.

having one end pivotally mounted in said In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. ears, an offset portion provided in the rod SIMEON MENARD. 

